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KCRA » The Bay Area Toll Authority Oversight Committee unanimously voted in favor of the regional measure, which would increase tolls over six years, with $1 hikes in 2019, 2022 and 2025, if voters in the nine Bay Area counties approve it. The money would go toward three-dozen much-needed regional public transportation and roadway improvements.
NBC » Caltrans is investigating whether microscopic organisms are attacking critical welds on the submerged foundation of the new Bay Bridge tower, potentially endangering the projected 150-year lifespan of the troubled $6.4 billion structure. While Caltrans engineers say there’s no immediate concern about the bridge failing, a recent underwater survey spotted pits — pockets of accelerated corrosion […]
San Francisco Chronicle » Sen. Dianne Feinstein renewed her call Wednesday for a so-called Southern Crossing — a new east-west transbay bridge somewhere south of the always-congested Bay Bridge.
CBS San Francisco / Bay Area » Demolition of the marine foundations of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge’s old eastern span finished up Saturday morning with just one small blip caused by an errant seal, a Caltrans spokesman said.
NBC Bay Area » Caltrans demolished three piers of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge’s old eastern span Saturday morning, officials said.
Fox 25 » Engineers took out some of the last remnants of the original San Francisco Bay Bridge.